Mental representation of logical connectives

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 636-665

  Sloutsky, Vladimir M ^a   Goldvarg, Yevgeniya ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOGIC; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGIC; MALE;

EID: 2542574760     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000413     Document Type: Article

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